The Sun. — London, England, 1810-08-31 00:00:00

RT - the very essence of - trade. How have they not ais covered, that, the motrietit it was requited to have llcens . es fnr trading, Commerce was then shut out from the Common Laws ? Could the enemy have .done them a greater:evil than whit they have thus done thentßeives? Accordingly, the most sensible men who have come from, England say, that within. the lastthree years that nation has completely al teied ; :that every persoi but inteligent merchants yades - in nietchandize; that calculations founded in wisdinn have given place to inconsidetate reveries ; that the praclice of using fake paperS, false passports, atki false licenseS; hag a'faCked the tiforaloy of the must numetocs part of the- nation ; that, in on , word, within the space of • three.years, the l rogresi of this general depravation has artamed such a po.nt, as to give reason to elpet, the speedy downfall of a power, which will have .heeri •by the folly and weakness she pet snits to regulate her destiny. *PARIS, 22. INTELLIGENCE. FROM THE ARMY _IN SPAIN. ANDALUSIA. The General of Division, Gem& a young Ge neral Q t distindion, hai comrletely stfcceetied to the exp , dition to Ronda. The English hastened to the support of the Insurgents, but they very atmodoned them, and - disgracefully re-em b:n keel. The Chief .ot B.itialion, Gaud, of the loth regi-• molt whoi.ontmands a movable column on the tron tiers .if -K-tr,•inadura, highly- praises the condua of Captain Le Cleve, of the 21 st Chasseurs, captains Villewenv.-and Guile, and a Spanish.compAny of Se vill,e, is -ditfc.rent rencontres hick his patrubtg. parties have had will) the Brig nit's. rtnt:t'UG:t . . The trenches are opened , b. fore Almeida. he Engii.it at my remain speciaturs , of our op,:rations. It migA•b:.: slid that !Arid We lington has 'igniter ;eel ti an to make bis army take a lesson as to the mode of besieging and taking the place. General Itegnier ha , po s• shed (.1 rienmacer and Monsawo, whic!i ate Iwo torts of importance. He found them mounted. u ith 15 pieces of cannon each,.and well supplied with provisions. The fort Of Monsanto; in particular, wos reputed, in the . country;to be impregnable. The Spaniards aban doned them at the approach of the French troops. (,‘ Where is the use," 'say they, " of shutting our selves op in the fortresses, when the English are , abandouing us r • PAKIS, AUGUST 22.—A Telegraphic dispatch, transmitted at 6 o'clotk in the eveni, , g 00 the 13th instant, has announced to the . Prince Viceroy, tit General Count Nleliou„ the Govel nor' of Venice, died there that morning, after :an illness of •fifteen days. His iNlitie.sty took the diversion of shooting yester-_ day, in the forest of St. Germ-tins.- - iMPEI4IAL CUSTOMS. The Decree of the.sth inst., increasing the .duties on ti e Cololial , goods therein lutiotioned, ; is to be put in force at chr . moment tiiav it is t,fficialy le ceived; Tile duties are payable -without any excep tion Wliatevcr.' The reg itafons formerly established reTeaing'the trnport.rtin of Col-n! .1 prod,:ce remain is full foree, .wittiout any cl?.►ii t wh truer. Artord:Hg to 'the i ,forn:wion of p , rsons IVIro have lely ar ri v ed fium Sf ain, the principal 'road front nne Mrdrid t. complettly free and se cure ; . and travellers, n.kiug - merely the usu.d pre cautions, are -riot. exposed' to the siighkst danger. T; ,ere is no . ..waA of proi-is«nts : oitiat; bread, vege ta.] s, And arq to be had in abundance,' and a very fair charo. There is :very good accom mochrion.in the inns., and the troops- that are billvt te.tpu the i;litabitaros now: meet wi' h a favourable. _reception. A scassinat . ions are 'no mote"hr,ard of. It is rental lotle, th'it for about a year past, a nuMber of Frenchmen and.l:atians have -been. setded in the ; towns, „along the great road, as inn-keepers, res• taroareen, tire.; fur tilt rest, in the pont) of Spain, the . gendlrinerie ale very aniF take etfeOual meaqi:C3 maintaining the public peabe "the bri gacds are'pursucd, and exertions are made to exter minate them .in every .quarter. The most per tea tr,mquility l revails in Madrid ; the Thertres are no merously attended, and the people pursue their ordinary vocations. There have' been .- se've'ral bull figlvs there since • the beginning- of July. ; the" Spaniards take infinite pleainre "seeing this di version, for , which the French have no sort 'of reiHi. - Several per‘ons lost their lives upon the occasions alluded to. A number ot huil&ngs are going on at Madrid, and the city is daily embellishing. In consequence ot the opening that has been made about the Cactle, there will be a very fine pub:ic promenade in troht of the palace. The owners Of the houses that have been pulled down mill be indemnified.' Though the garrison of Mar!rid is very numerous, tho.nxional guard takes the•duty both at the public ed.tices and the residences 01 tit,. Generals, A oirps ref PoliAi sappers 13tely ar r:ved them : they are . employed ,un the works of the citad 1. _ Ott the 15. h instant a ship of SO guns washrmcli ecl at Ant , erp. FARIS, AUG. 23.-4 - ler Royal Highness, 'Ma r.te Emperor's mother,' has returned to Paris ir'orn Aix-la•Chapelle. We hear troin Germany that the journey of Count GotTorp related ei.tirely to family .adairs ; and as their decision must come from Stockholm, he has go►►e to Wi►temberg in Saxony, where he will wait i;s arriv:l. oTuesd by the Emperor held a Coupcil of Corn awn e a St. Cloud. c.‘ On the 3d instant ,his Majesty issued the fol. Deciec from the Palace of Trianon t...Thete shall be only one - journal in each of the d partmcnts, with the exception of that of the Stine. • _ _ 2. This journal shall be under the auilmily of • - las 4 cannot bc. published but with his ttie • , Pp pr . hat ton. 3. N e Vertl'elcis, the.Prefeas may provisionally ainhori.e in • Our great cities, the publication of p3per, containing adver tisements in the nature of posting-bills, or hand-bills, relative to s. , les of articles of am-..rchandize and immovable property ; a o j ou r n als, vsatitig exclusively of literature, the scienec..,, arts, ana agriculture. The salt, ptblica tion.lnuit contain no ari foreign to, their übjeel. " 4. Our Minister of the biterio,r, shall, on the. st of September wit, .make report to us upon ,the saidsad , ertisinii journals; the puOlication of which: may be defin.tively . determined."' General WoUillemont, Commander of the de . - . partthent of the Upper Pyrenees. has addressed a letter, on tEre - 4th instant, of which the following is an extract,.to (be Prefect :—" My position in the valley of Aran having been threatened by some troop* who had collected .in the neighbouring val ley of Escerfy, I determined to attack them ; ; and on the nig!lt of the 31st alt. I. began toy march. Nz•arly the whole'of the advanced guard:of the ene my was put to 'lie ; the rest, after sustaining considerable 18Si, was driven back more than three leagues in the a alley of Esrerry.? • The DUtch Guarus are expeded . on the 29th at Versailles. - • REGGIO, AUG. .3.—The E:iglish appear to be, % .more ilia!) ever, frightened at our preparattons.—: 7 .They have , colleo i between Me,sina and the Light House all the naval to ce they have got in . the TY.e wan Sea. We lately . courited as many as five sail of the line, two of them _BO gun ships, aechored in the the %ery straits,. with springs on t!,O cables. Fur brigs of war, and a number of frigatei and corvettes, are constantly cruising the 100k -out, between . Reggio and Pezzo. But all tfiese cqusideiable mea sures of dekfnce do not . qUiet, the fears of awl E!lg. lish merchants settled at:Meisitra. Their rnerchati dize there Scarcely --ketches any l rice, mid , loaded vessels areal ipst daily leaving it to go in quest of a market leSs'exposecl.• • • Their Excedencies the . Atnisteis of tha. Interior and Finance are 4 ;111 at Reggio: . Royal Camp of Peak', Aug. 5. " Our flotilla has, this day, ob awed a fresh suc cess. It is impossible, to conceive the timidity of the enemy's flotilla, which though so coosideraJ-, as to force, is -daily beaten off by our gun-boats.-- Since the affair of the ::,tst of July, the English no longer dare' to appri ach our batteries. Th.-y c. tent themselves with sending over, from time to time, a few boath-vessels, which uniformly sheer .off upon seeing any of our gun-itoats standing to wards them. " This morning, his' .Majesty having ordered a junElion of the divisions of Partenneaux and La marque, the enemy, who observed this moven - Ivo, sent foiward three bonabwessels to the Strait, sup ported by, 30 gunboats. His Majesty then sent to attack them, the division of Bansan and two other divi ions, from ihe right of our line. • At the, first shot, thebon.b-vessels put about, and tuck shclier in the, lin , of anchorage in tile rear of tieir heavy ships. Oaf three divisions, however, .coni 'trued to advance towards the enemy's coast, and in the, best Ou their reaching 'Atria mid-channel, 'the enemy opened a . tremendous fire upon them. The flotilla was so near, that the balls tell. More than tOO 103 , 25 a-stcrn of our gunLboats. All the batteries •of e coast of Sicily, played at the same time upon them. They in return kept up a steatly and well diieJed• tire, with this advantage, that not a shot was lost, as every mane struck eitherthe batteries on slicre or the enemy's, vessels. ,They silenced the tire Of all the enemy's gun-boats, though two frigates took part , in 'the act The enemy, must certainly hai:esuifered mu. h,. for we s:tw .several of their gun-boats consideyablydamaged, and taken in tow ; and notwithstanding this shower of balls and shells, not one of our ve,,seis was touched. :" 'We know, that since the affair of the 21st, the enemy's seamen, are completely terrified : ours are now become familiar with the parade and .bustle Which the English make to no purpose. The crews of opt transports were, during the firing, tranquil. ;y amusing themselves at play in the caverns %%Inch they have dug in the, beach, the tear of their vessels. They have covered the entranc.:s to these excavations with branches of the aloe, and consider themselves to be 'as secure there as in the best easemates. " The state of check in which our flotilla holds so large a force of the enemy,• is.truly inconceivable (xi the part of the English. Thry hr , e from 25 to 30 square rigged vessels, • upwards of 100 gun-boats or small armed vessels; and yet th4y dare not quit their anchorage under cover of the coast. In Sicily, com merce is totally suspended.." BERLIN, AUG. B.—The . ci-devant King of Syve den has .hot Made his appearance at 13eriin. It is not even certain that he came this way. It is said that he took a circuitous route to the banks of the Oder, Whence he direaed his course towards Dant z-tc, Wyeli place, he procecla to Kuning.berg,. and-thence into Russia through COurland. None of the Princes or great Officers of State in the Prussian territories saw him on his passage. The report is revised that his Mijesty has come to resolutiyti of effetling a redriction in his The King, it is said, will 'disband about 20,04 men, thus leaving on foot a force of only 2.0,006 1 . which, joined to the national .guard=, whose ser, vices will be rendered general, will be filly suffici ent for the duty of the interior of the country. AUGUST g.--The King has, at length, renounced the projei of retiring - finally to Sans-Souci, and there residing totally disengaged from business.— Those who had been invited to the. presence of his Majesty, have determined him, though not without much difficulty, to return to Berlin and Chailotien •burgh, and to place himself again at the head of afiirs. Prince William, - .the King's brother, who was at Hamburgh, and I"nce AuguStus Ferdinand, who was some time aT . Toplitz.; have returned hit her. . .....-.. VIENNA, AUG. 9.—The march of the Austrian troops towards the. frontiers of Turkey still'Con , ' tinues-. It would, however, be imptuderit to4)u . h , lish any thing with regard to their destination, of which, indeed, the superidr officers are themselves ignorant. Bat, placed as, we are in the vicinity of a pbwto disorganized, and . whose Provinces are a prey to all the disorders of war, it is of lioportance that onr territory should be in a situation to coui •tpand respeet. The last accounts froM Turkey inform us, that the head-quarters of the Russians are already at Bujuk-Kolickschad, on the other side of the moun tains, and that a single decisive battle may open the gates of Constantinople to Oieyiktor. TAGRORNA Ave. 6.—The last letters from Mar seilles iritorn 'the English fleet cruizing befole Tot Von has been . reilatorced, and that ii flow cOltsists 1 . 8 sail of the Jule, several !rigates, btigq, &c. VIENNA, AUQ, B .—We Warn by letters from Constantinople, that tie standard of •M , lintltet 1.3.$ been raised, there; that the Grand S.‘gnior - has dared, that the 'Empire WAS in danger ; that it w;;;; the duty of every .51tissultnan to tak up arms Ia its .defence ; and that he woofd put hint4tlf at the head of • his brave 'and faith ful st.i , Jeds. The people, .on this, pledged_ themselves to shed the . lust chop of their blood in defence of the ancient glory ot the Empire. The intelligence w; - as received there, that the RusAans had raised the siege of Warms. • STOCKHOI O SI; AUG. 7.---The Mymbets Of the Se cret Committee of the Diet, who are to deliberate, in the • firrt place, on tile choice ot an heir to the Throne, are, of the'Oider of Nobility, Count de Wrede, Baron ,Adlesparte, and. M. - . Silver stwlpr ; of . the Clergy, the Bishops of Rosenstain arid Nordin, and - Doctor Wyckman ; of Stockholm, M. Rothost ; and Mr. Arvedson, merchant,-of Gottenbuigh. • • CONSTANTINOVLE, JULY 3.—The accounts of the 'success of the Russians have thrown the tuba bitants'of this city into the greatest consternation. It'was the less expected,' as the highest confidence :was reposed in the talents of 1 1 ,411na,1 'AgA. ,The Sultan, however, is not tiejeaed, but maes., , eve;y possible effort to reinforce' t-W array of the Grand Vizier. New. CominissarieTs' have been sent off to per cure fresh'. supplies of provisions tot it. _ The fleet, H hich 'consists of 16-sail of the line,. has re ceived' orders to proceed,, with- ail. possible dispatch, to., take 00 board the troops_ that are coming frOtir hlAli.S. Aim v --I 1 Waierford L)uk—z Lisbon, iWa 1119a1,. :.;"t OCi:S AT TVVi;LVE O'CLOCK. Consols • - 68 ;.Kett. Ann. - - . - E 6 SOLF:M . QUS I)! CiRE VA I.SUNT A VOF AT LUND UN, FRIDAY, AUGUST 3"1 181 0. A series of L')ll.ille cla Nurd W the (.21st just reached town this morning, from which we have inserted extraas.. - - There are some further detsils relative to the fife atthe'Prince• of SCHWARTZENBURG'S, at Paris, in which it is now stated no lesS thin trOni tit) to 70. • persons perished. The Ex-Queen of Holland and her mother the Empress JosEPHINe are in Switzerland. American Papers and Letters reached toAn yes terday afiernoon to the 11th inst. They contain no intelligence of importance. wai rumoured that the American Government had rejeled a treaty *filch had been for some time negotiating.bet%een' Mr. PiNcx.NtY and the Marquis WEILESLEY. Moniteurs and other Paris Papers were received last night to the 24th inst. they contain a long laboured.article, written for the purpose of persiiid . ing the 14'rc.nch that the greatest tranquility prevails in Spain, and that excellent accommodations are to be found at the inns on the road,; but we imagine that the inhabitants of France are . tou well acquainted with the real state of arlaits in'Spain to be,citug - ht by such a bait. . . The intelligence from MURAT'S army is to the 6th instant, at which petiod the long-menaced at tack on Sicily A had not been attempted. unable to obtain any real advantage ; consoles him self npon paper, by representir4the British. S^.atne[l to be terrified at the wonderfulprowess of his flotilla; and'boasting of the state of check in which the latter keeps our fleet. A hint is given to the King of PRussiA'to reduce his army to 20,000 men, that. number being suf ticent for the duty of the Interior of the Country. NAPOLEON has again manifested his regatd for the Liberty of the - Press, by issuing a Decree that there shall only be one Journal -in each of the De partments (except the Spine), ,and that it ..shall be under the authority of the Piefect, without. whose approtation it cannot ti; Don PEDRO C. TOPPER, A, Member of the Su; perior janta of the isingdom of Valencia, :and his M A jesiy's acting Consul, arrived in the Tonnapt Captain •STA.CKPOLE, last from Cadiz, commission* ed by 'said Junta, and by that of Guadaliiiara, : to solicit for assistance for the Patriots there, who are in great' numbers. We understand that the.rtgul.tr army of the kingdom of. Valencia ainGu to 14,000 infantry, 1200 horse, and corresponding. artillery, the whole completely armed •and clothed, and in• a good stale of dicipline. Besides the regular army of the kingdom, the city of Valencia has .5000 %; en trained militia, and the other towns together, about 10,000, in addition to which there are above 25,000 peasants armed at their. own expence, organized in small bodies for the Purpose of harassing the enemy, and intercepting their convoys and Communications. This mode of warfare is that Whicti the French - dread .most in Spain, and it properly .encouraged cannot fail to prove finally. dectructive to them. fortification round the city of Valencia are, we are,assured, very formidable, and if besieged by the enemy, the city promises to become another Sa ragossa, the inhabitants being; already exaspeiated at the "former attacks of the Crench, and determined W defendthemseives to the last extremity. • NAVAL NEWS. • rowrsmoiriti, Auti! 3U: Sailed this day ! , 'S l ' 13 ; jestysship.iVrieris, v‘'ith *foul' five sill of /•') ti thz • also • the Portuguese. big Capt. I)A §norA, foiTtrdatubti:o ; and live CAMPLEM A for Rio de Janeiro, • `Vent out of bet hour his MajesT's 'ship front Spiihead. ,Sailed the ifrethiaa, SPR ATT, for Stpdtria ndi and the Zealous, THomAs, for London, Passed by yesterday the Pot tu;tiese strip 1...0rr-- Lonthgs, for Prrian'ibuco. S.hled this afternounhis Mitjesly's mbips ll; ed, Gusltazult,, Steady, Onyx, and Euia, Idrge convoy (;f•Lnercbantint:ii fur the MA.terrsiwsn' Cadiz, Lisbon, and,Opotto; and the to the Eotwaid. ../ SHEERNESS, Auc. - 30.—A rr iV e d hi s , brigs Royalist and Skylark. Sailed his Majesty's ship Saltlanha for Leith. •• Came down the river Tha:nes h, s Alajvsty'S w.. columbine. Caine. into harbour his Majesty's brigs Boyal i '‘ and Skylark. DOVER, AUG. 30.—Passed . by for London, The Briton, Edgar, Sr. Kitt's ; ‘Vest Indian , Pattitts l as maica; Ann e Knowles, ditto; Ajax, Howe, ditto; Favou!irc.` kaddon, ditto ; Fame, Smith, ditto; Lunc, Young, Britannia, Latnb; ditto. Ill_ • FALMOUTH ) AUG. 28. 6: —Sailed the ii.a.sar Chiirl packet for Lisbon. . . DEAL, AUG. aild sailed for ll'` yet - the Prince . of Brazils packet, klicKs, from Ili° ; Elizateth end Sophia, litiu , A N ; EAD ; Fauo urite, —; aiid ab,c, wore froUt;ilie West Indies; but their napes 3r6 not known. . EXTRACTS CF_LETT,:ai Fi oM GOTTENBVEG S ' GOFTENBUNGH, --AUG. 20. — 4 -About 00 d, 'French Issue. left Hainburgh, to march to S:rhi It is thonght .‘hat this measure is'Owing to °r u l e s received from the Emperor of France, %bat such 0 forc - .; sh c 1 attend 11;e election ,ot a new CIO" Prince of 'S'weden. " It is n , ,w undcrst:oo'!, that Bart NADovrs.`,, c be chosen. Crown Prince, and it is col lecture , ' 'this tnilitary . deta . i..hment is to••erifoi - ce his Cie. t Annwer letter assigns a different occupation aL thee troops . I t GOTTENBURGI-I ; ,SAYIE Dn.TE.— „„ The ,0 advancing upon Stialsund tr: Hamburg!, are for the expregs. purpose of seizing all the property in the fortner,":' . • ,Letters ofthe igth pf Jane, from Rio deijn• t , or r br ng positive information that tt, Kiogdom •Chili has formed a Representative Governltienty 5 0 , rinildr to rt of the Rio de la Plat:, tOtolly ir.drletj, dent of the Regency of Spain, „and in great ship and uni•li with BraenbsAyres. The Di' t ' ti ',; from iVtonte Video, however, had not yet arrived to the Congtess • formed at - Buenos Ayres. Fron' Caraccas we tarn, under daie of the 15th of i that the forces sent from the c4pital C 1! ; and.Maracaibo,_were consiciegalaly adwoccd in progress towaids their destination, awl ex eiej 1:1 conclude their operations in a short , ime. Fe de Bogota (in the new 'kingdom of Grallot7 ) , had followed ,the example of the Caracca, analt • inhabitant's were organizing their Gov ernmentil' t ) interior, in consequence of which, an eriA).rr,:o 10 ' been for some time - laid in• the ports of Carthatei'le St. Martha, &e. . On Monday last, Sir DAVID DUNDA, accl : panied by his Royal Highness (he Duke of C" ) , r BRIDGE, Eat l fiAitcbußT, and Lieut.-Gem CA Lvi%; Adjutant-General, attended the examination .of vi cers, students at the Senior Department of the 1 1 " , ;, Military College, High .Wyconibe, when futir ()t3-`, cers, Capt.,BaisTow, I ith Foot ; Capt. HuTcfl o4 7l King's Own Diagooirs; Capt. DATER, 62d Foot; 3 i d Capt. 13AINBRIIYGE, 93d Highlanders, • ere to'have perfected thennselves in every branch of litary taelics, and decleted cap ible of being e i ' l; played . on,the Staff. None of the rest L indero'''• this ordeal, not having as yet 4nished their sluiie 6 " At a General Court Martial held at Canteris",c on the 16th of July, and- continued by a‘tiotirtic to the loth of the month, V 4 tlliam Chit * ILL private soldier in the, 7th Royal Veteran Batmli'' ' ' was arraigned on the tindeiltleitiitliied Charges, First Charge— For improper arid unsuldier-tike and,bein g ezttrcmcly riotous at the, Nl4rl'ourougli dead, : ,11 ` Hess, on the,4lt,.. m bo n of the %th. uly: • 35N:oral—For tlisobAicrhe of orders oh the same day, .a I ..rder,4l by Lieut. /Lint Marl!), 1)0 Oag fig to th e Sind isrjj o ct VOcia:i . thitta;iou, tqAle 4 ist tom his riotous behaviour? •go away_ to 10 ipidirecs. Third—For extremely mutinous behaviour to Lieu , joi .l Martyn on the same day. by noi only, ‘ising very ~to)' most disiespedf,,l 1,,,1;zu-ige to him,. hitt havirg rop.: 3 t . ‘ Tij a struck and I:lcked Licutcnant Mit t tyn %viten in t h e of his duty. iltY of The (;ourt having fonnd the prisoner gtviv. a. the whale - of the chaiges seultz' lic e 'd hi m to rr iooo.lashes, which S4:.•l)ience His MAJESTY pleased to approve and confirm, has cotnn lo o ' f ed that the same shill be re3d at the herd every regiment. A disu - essing accident occurred yest.crday ing. at South Parade, Queen's btu, Chukea. . 1 , 4 1 Colonel MAIII and - farnily Were sctung off, to attl io the funerarOf a much belovesi son, who dici of Walcheren complaint, the Colonel's foot slipP e ' o from under him on the staircase, and being a bc'a v 'j man, with only one arm, he .pitched upon his lle" and back, and was carried, apparently lifeless, tri t e 0 the room, from which they had just carried t' l 6 corpse of his son.. He is, howellei, by having W., blooded, and from other applications, likely to to cover.. PAN;CON traUrCii:lary Fnt~ lob . of c 1 `) not %-() Setvi cor in CiLiec sa►lja. Another nnited third rewa garrison of BERNE, 1101 inci ai ►~fCrsS se the mornir ter mrselv few (Lys, Maj e st y .1.4 EAst.v., S wiss tro' last sprii.g Iwo b mai 216 . sotdi All the ex it is prete (Sarre Pa BANKS. are some i no, SCHWARZ " The at the c( crowd pt which Ic.l, I dea of ti every bud was bear each of b Ti viouhued ticat haLi as lUlid 3 tiokvii uy Condiuoo Voured cc s.ime hich se either co to A, 2 the garch thickets. wl) being ab Cated.—' Perished to the al t umult. " Prim eSti In at r, Qs his ep the Rio[ losing t brilliants at this ft: BANK the Presl "1.1)1 Empress Lures at` end Aus diately g away. illey w( 1)tI E. llounce, in a feA nures be depOzi and otli Vant4ge EXTB St IN, be conc means Make 0 ban übk The /lever c I\ 'Old 3 ‘, though ciattic,t tOWII, LE.O (Foul The confen /icy. k